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9.23.2010

design advice

No, this is not a figment of your imagination. 
Nor is it an early Halloween ghost popping in to say "Boo!"
It's just me.
With a real, live post. 

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I know haven't been around much lately. But I have been playing with paper, although it hasn't been of the typical kind. I've been spending a lot of time with some 70's wallpaper.
Lots of it. 
LOTS of it. 
mmb & I have been stripping wallpaper at our new house (and actually loving it-especially since we got a steamer ;-) !) And don't worry- I have certainly been saving little bits to scrapbook. It is so much fun being a homeowner and having all of these fun projects to do :-) 
The house is coming along nicely, bit by bit.

I don't know if its that we are finally making progress with the house, or the fact that the leaves are changing and the cooler weather affords breaking out the sweaters and hot apple cider on the deck at night, but something is stirring up that oh-so-familiar need to get up to my elbows with some paper (of the scrapbooking persuasion) and adhesive and get to creating. Sadly, all of my supplies are still packed in boxes. 
The bright side of this conundrum is that they might still be in boxes, but they are in boxes in my new scrapbooking room!!

A scrapbooking room which is a complete blank slate. 
I am overwhelmed with the creativity- and very excited by the possibilities!

So, dear friends in blogland...could you help me out? I am looking for any advice you can lend. Color schemes, products, furniture, accessories, etc. What works for you and doesn't work for you in terms of storage?

I welcome all advice and will be waiting, with sweater buttoned and mug of warm cider in my hand, to hear your responses. 

THANKS!

8.18.2010

we've been busy

moving...

and scraping wallpaper...


and ripping up rugs...


and making it our own...

...and loving every minute of it!

It's official, we are homeowners!

p.s. I get my very own scrapbooking room...so excited!!!

6.30.2010

sometimes blessings come in two's

Take for instance these little beauties. 


The beautiful little darlings that belong to my good friend and her husband. 
Little angels who have blessed our worlds with their presence and make our hearts dance with joy. Not only because they are pretty much the sweetest little babies you ever did see, but because they are proof that God does indeed answer prayers. In a big way. 

So glad I finally got to meet these girls. 
So glad they are here and part of our lives. 
So glad to be able to watch my dear friend so consumed by the love of her daughters light up when she holds them in her arms. 
So glad for my friends who deserve this beautiful family. 
So glad for tiny miracles. 

And so glad for another reason to scrapbook.
:-) 

6.27.2010

...and the house hunt continues.

I'm here. Really I am.
School has been let out for the summer and I have a couple of weeks off before summer camp begins. I was hoping to spend some time working on my summer list, but alas...a whole week has passed by and the only thing I have done is thoroughly enjoyed lemon mint water (seriously refreshing on a very humid day!). So then what has been taking up my time?


We are still, yes still trying to find a home we want to purchase. I have quite literally spent a whole week perusing the internet, touring homes and going to open houses. There is one gorgeous antique colonial we have our eye on, but there are some things that are holding us back. However, whenever we go see a house (and we saw over 20 in a 4 day period!)  we are always comparing it to the home I previously mentioned...so maybe we just need to take a risk. Ugh, this is hard! 

In (somewhat) related news I found out through some detective work that our realtor has a weakness for red velvet cupcakes. I would like to bake her some to thank her for all of her hard work so I am wondering if any of you out there have a good recipe or tips I would greatly appreciate it if you'd share with me :-) 

6.17.2010

creativity boot camp-day 12

SMOOTH


mani/pedi ingredients

6.16.2010

creativity boot camp-day 11

HUSH


There is always music amongst the trees in the garden, 
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.  
~Minnie Aumonier

6.15.2010

creativity boot camp-day 10

FULL BODIED



one very large, very fuzzy, very cuddly sweet cat.